da wazamba： Unperturbed by a mammoth 457 for 5 declared from Haryana and a finebowling display by Amit Mishra (4 for 72), Himachal Pradesh proceededto score 231 for 4 on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophyclash at the Paddal Ground in Mandi on
Natarajan Sriram19-Nov-2000Unperturbed by a mammoth 457 for 5 declared from Haryana and a finebowling display by Amit Mishra (4 for 72), Himachal Pradesh proceededto score 231 for 4 on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophyclash at the Paddal Ground in Mandi on Sunday.Resuming at 34 for no loss, overnight batsmen, stumper Arun Verma (37)and Nischal Gaur (64) forged a century stand. With the partnershipworth 110, Arun was the first to return to the pavilion, trapped legbefore by Mishra. This brought skipper Rajeev Nayyar (4) to thecentre. The other opener Gaur did not last long and departed in the60th over, caught by Jasvir off Mishra after a 232 minute stay at thecrease.Amit Sharma (58 not out) joined his captain and took the score on to150 when the latter fell to a catch by Ishan Ganda off Mishra. Afterthe fall of Nayyar, Amit and Varindar Sharma (45) put on 70 runs forthe fourth wicket. Varindar Sharma was trapped in front of the stumpsby Mishra with the score at 220. Chetan Kumar (6 not out) along withAmit ensured that HP went into stumps with no further hiccups.